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this second edition of First Principles the occasion for 

 introducing it, and propose that each successive volume 

 shall bear this general title on its back in addition to its 

 special title. 



June 26th. We are about to give a public breakfast 

 here to Garrison. Bright is to be in the chair, and the ad- 

 dress is to be moved by the Duke of Argyle and seconded 

 by Earl Russell (probably), and also by John Mill. I am 

 one of the Committee of Arrangement. 



The second edition of First Principles is working out 

 very satisfactorily even more satisfactorily than I had 

 anticipated. In its reorganized form it will be extremely 

 coherent all through ; the thread of the argument will be 

 unbroken, and it will, I think, have the obvious character 



of completeness. 



DERBY, July q, 1867. 



MY DEAR YOUMANS: Williams and Norgate the other 

 day ordered a supply of Biology, Volume I, of which their 

 bound stock was out. On sending an order to the printers, 

 the answer returned was that they had none. My account 

 with them showed that there remained in their hands thirty- 

 three unbound copies, and they admit that the evidence 

 shows it. They cannot be found, however. 



Please without delay send the stereotype plates. Do not 

 delay to print any more copies before sending them, for as fast 

 as the printing of the new supply goes on I will have a 

 duplicate set of plates made and sent to you. 



Ever yours truly, HERBERT SPENCER. 



SARATOGA SPRINGS, July 30, 1867. 



MY DEAR SPENCER: Upon the reception of your letter 

 I took the next train for New York to do myself what could 

 not be trusted to others. There was reluctance, almost re- 

 sistance, to sending the plates. The cause was this: after 

 having made two mistakes, first in issuing my own book, 

 and then Maudsley's, in midsummer, I had stopped the 



